 A recently published report
shows home internet usage surging throughout Asia, with the only exceptions
being Mongolia and China.
The report, North Asian Broadband
and Internet Market Report 2007, shows internet penetration in many
Asian nations at well over 70 percent of homes. However, in Mongolia
the number of homes with internet access remains at ten percent and
in China at eleven percent.
Countries such as Japan, South
Korea, Taiwan, and even Macau show internet usage averaging between
seventy to ninety percent of all homes. Additionally, Hong Kong has
home internet penetration at over 90 percent.
The report noted that Japan
is leading the way with fibre-optic transmission of internet signals,
with over 10 million homes using this most advanced technology.
While China has a small percentage
of homes wired for internet usage, its sheer numbers and growing momentum
to provide internet service makes it a formidable user of internet services
in the very near future.
By early 2007, the number of
internet subscribers in China had passed 140 million (11 percent penetration).
This represented about 12 percent of the world’s total users.
Also, though penetration remains
comparatively low (4 percent), by early 2007, broadband in China was
growing at an annual rate of 35 percent.
With 56.3 million broadband
subscribers by March 2007, China had the second most broadband services
in the world after the U.S. (60.3 million).
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